Gun hand-protector.



.No. 874,981. PATENTED DEC, 31, 1907.

P. NORTH.

GUN HAND PROTECTOR. ABPLICATION FILED MAR.29,1906.

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PAUL NORTH, OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHAMBERLAIN CARTRIDGE &TARGET COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

r GUN HAND-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed March 29. 1906. Serial No. 308.764.

. of the United States, residing at Lakewood,

in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement in Gun Hand-Protectors, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is designed to prevent any displacement of a handprotector upon the gun barrels, while at the same time it per mits saidprotector to be initially adjusted upon the gun to suit thepeculiarities of its owner. I

The invention which is hereinafter described and claimed, is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a bottom view of theprotector and that part of the barrels of a double barreled gun withwhich it is to be used. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section ofthe same parts. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the protector dissociated fromthe gun. Fig. 4 is a front end view of the protector and Fig. 5 is atransverse sectional view in the plane of line 55 in Fig. 2.

The protector is composed of a body A made of spring metal bentlongitudinally into approximately C-shape in cross section, whereby itmay extend beneath both barrels B B and the intervenin rib b, and mayextend partly around and embrace said barrels. This body is to becovered on outer surfaces with leather O or some other mate.- rial whichis not a good conductor of heat.

Near its end the protector is provided with an inwardly bent springlatch a, which is preferably integral with the metal body and is formedby punching out atongue and bending it inward and then forward so thatthe end of said tongue will extend a little beyond the end of theprotector. When the protector is embracing the gun barrels as shown,this tongue will engage the rib 1) between the gun barrels. There must,however, be a pin and hole connection between said latch tongue and saidrib, so as to prevent any accidental movement of the protectorlengthwise of the gun barrel. As shown, the hole a is in the latchtongue and the pin 0 is fixed to the rib b at such point as is requiredto hold the protector in the required osition upon the gun to suit theowners in ividual peculiarities.

By providing the described means for preventing the protector frommoving lengthwise upon the gun barrel, the sole objection to handprotectors, generally, is removed. These protectors are to be grasped bythe left hand of the shooter, and their position therefore determinesthe point upon the gun barrel at which he shall place his hand. Whenthere is no means positively preventing the movement of a protector upona gun barrel, such movement is likely to occur. When the protector hasbeen moved and the shooter shoots the gun before he realizes this fact,or when he is required to shoot before he has time to re-adjust theprotector, his aim will be disturbed and his shots are likely to be bad.Such misadventures are entirely prevented by the construction shown andhereinbefore described.

Having described my invention, I claim:

'1. A hand protector for double barreled guns comprising a coveredspring metal body of substantially C-shape in cross section having nearits end an inwardly extended and forwardly projecting spring latch whichis in the plane of the rib between the gun barrels, and whose endextends beyond the end of the protector, there being a hole in saidlatch for engagement with a pin secured to said rib.

2. A hand protector for double barreled guns comprising a covered springmetal body of substantially C-shape in cross section, having near its.end and midway between its sides an integral tongue which is bentinward and then forward upon itself and extends -beyond the end of thebody, said latch tongue having a hole for engagement with a pin securedto the rib between the two barrels of the gun.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

PAUL NORTH.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. ALBURN, E. L. THURSTON.

